Lake County Discovery Museum
- Address
- 27227 North Forest Preserve Road, Wauconda, IL 60084
- Phone
- (847) 968-3400
- Website
- The listed website appears to be offline (checked Oct 2026).
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About Lake County Discovery Museum
Bess Bower Dunn Museum, formerly known as the Lake County Discovery Museum, is an interactive museum of history, art, and popular culture located in Libertyville, Illinois. The museum was established in 1976 in Wauconda, IL and sited in Lakewood Forest Preserve as part of the larger Lake County Forest Preserve District. It was later moved to Libertyville, IL and renamed the Bess Bower Dunn Museum. The museum is dedicated to sharing the entwined stories of people, events and nature through exhibitions, education and community engagement in Lake County, Illinois.
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- Founded
- 1976
- Annual visitors
- 45K
- 45,000
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Nearby museums
Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 6.9 miles of Lake County Discovery Museum; the closest, Volo Auto Museum, is about 5.5 miles away.
